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Fulacht fia

Lackan, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Lackan, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lackan
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.24488, -9.06641
SMR number
SL010-030----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located in flat, lowlying poorly drained coastal pasture, traversed by a network of field drains. When first recorded in 1993 this fulacht fia appeared as a low irregular-shaped mound (c. 10m N-S; c. 9m E–W) of heat-shattered stone and charcoal, which had been suffered disturbance in the past. The N end of the mound was markedly higher and incorporated a small semicircular depression (Wth 0.6m N–S). A raised rim or scarp (H 0.5m) defined the S edge of the mound. The limits of the mound along its W and E edges were more irregular and difficult to trace. An inspection in 2013 found that the mound is extant but has been graded-off somewhat during land improvement works, and now appears as a low, roughly circular rise (12m N–S; 11m E–W; H 0.5-0.6m). The N end of the mound is highest (H 0.5-0.6m) and a low scarp can be traced N–SE but elsewhere the limits of the mound are less clearly defined and grade seamlessly into the surrounding field surface.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 23 January 2014

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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